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Winter to bring variety of events to Hood, Hopkins Center

By Amelia Rosch | January 7, 2015

From ancient sculptures to jazz classics to a world-famous love story, Dartmouth students will have a wide range of arts events to choose from this winter. \n The Hopkins Center \n The Hopkins Center publicity coordinator Rebecca Bailey said that she is “agog” at what is booked for the start of the term, particularly Shantala Shivalingappa and the performance of “Cineastas.” \n Shivalingappa, who performs Jan.

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Student Spotlight: Tom Cheng '15

By Kourtney Kawano | January 7, 2015

Joining the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra seemed like a no-brainer for concertmaster Tom Cheng ’15. He discovered an affinity for the violin after his mom registered him for lessons at the age of six.

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Sixty-four students charged with honor code violations

By Parker Richards | January 6, 2015

A total of 64 students have been charged with various honor principle violations stemming from an investigation into a cheating incident in religion professor Randall Balmer’s “Sports, Ethics and Religion” course last fall, judicial affairs director Leigh Remy said in an email.

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Multi-sport athlete John Abraham chosen for Rugby Canada

By Gayne Kalustian | January 6, 2015

John Abraham '16 was chosen as one of 12 Canadians to play with the Maple Leafs — three of whom who came down from the national team to balance the mix of new and experienced players. They flew to South America last Monday to compete in tournaments in Argentina and Chile. The recent fifteens season he played with Dartmouth, Abraham said, helped prepare him — a smaller, faster player — for the level of play that can be expected internationally.

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Dartmouth sports teams spend winter break on training trips

By Ray Lu | January 6, 2015

As many Dartmouth students departed New Hampshire for a long, leisurely winter break, a couple of Big Green sports teams headed to warmer destinations for intensive training trips. Dartmouth’s swimming and diving teams spent two weeks in Hawaii, and the crew teams spent eight days in DeLand, Florida.

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Shantala Shivalingappa to perform “Akasha” tonight

By Haley Gordon | January 6, 2015

Fast and slow. Sharp and flowing. Codified and improvised. The art of Kuchipudi, an Indian classical dance, is all about balancing contrasts in order to tell a story through movement. Students at the College will have the opportunity to experience Kuchipudi when professional dancer and choreographer Shantala Shivalingappa performs “Akasha” at the Hopkins Center of Art Wednesday and Thursday at 7 p.m.

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Community protests police brutality

By Annie Ma | January 5, 2015

Over the winter interim period, Dartmouth students, faculty and community members led two separate demonstrations in response to the non-indictments of officers involved in the deaths of unarmed black men Michael Brown and Eric Garner.

Students in Public Policy 85 take a dip at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland
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Students learn policy in action in Ireland

By Lauren Budd | January 5, 2015

As Public Policy 85 students discussed Northern Ireland’s peace treaties of 1998 in Belfast’s parliamentary buildings, British Prime Minister David Cameron discussed an addendum to the very same treaties next door. This coincidence demonstrated the continued relevance of the class’s studies, program participant Nick Zehner ’15 said.

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Beyond the Bubble: keep passing the Bechdel test

By Andrea Nease | January 5, 2015

The Bechdel test consists of these two requirements: there be two female characters present in the movie and these two female characters have a conversation about something other than men. Some versions of the test also require that these women have names. Only 25 percent of movies between 1970 and 1974 passed the Bechdel Test, and there was not a significant increase in this statistic until 1995.

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Dartmouth teams up with Posse Veterans Program

By Emilia Baldwin | January 5, 2015

Dartmouth has become the third institution of higher learning to partner with the Posse Foundation as part of a program that aims to recruit exceptional post-9/11 veterans to various top-tier universities around the country, the College announced in early December.

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Hood receives new contemporary photography donation

By Kaina Chen | January 5, 2015

A collection of 39 photographs will be accessible to students at the Hood Museum of Art following a December donation of contemporary photography from Thomas O’Neil ’79 and his wife, Nancy O’Neil. The donation includes pieces by 17 photographers that focus on political and social issues.

Opinion

Vandermause: Lousy Steering

By Jon Vandermause | January 5, 2015

At any moment, the steering committee’s proposals — whatever they might be — will sweep campus in hopes of defeating the three-headed beast of binge drinking, exclusivity and sexual assault. If all of this sounds nebulous to you, you’re not alone.

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Park: Addressing the Atrocities

By Annika Park | January 5, 2015

Despite the hype, "The Interview" only demonstrates the all-too-common Western tendency to divert attention away from the very real and serious issues that currently exist in North Korea.

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